Too much melatonin....How long to wear off?

[ilovedogs]

I gave ds too much melatonin last night. I think it was about 1.2 mg. He was used to getting around 600-700 mcg. It is noon now and he still can't wake up and it's really hampering our morning. He wants to go back to bed but I won't let him because then it will upset his sleep schedule tonight. How long does it take to wear off?

 

Thanks!

[peglem]

Its usually only good for 4 hours here- and we give more than that.

[ilovedogs]

LOL! Well, I don't know why he's so exhausted. It's 1:30 here and he's still really tired and doesn't want to keep his eyes open. I did realize that I gave him cold meds last night for his stuffy nose and cough and maybe the melatonin combined with the meds did something but I've done this before and never had this reaction. I'm really worried that I over did it and I feel really bad for him. He can't do schoolwork, he looks so miserable, and I don't want to let him take a nap because I don't want him having trouble getting to bed tonight.

[nicklemama]

Expose him to bright light, if you can. I've never heard of this happening. DS7 gets 0.5mg each night before bed. Last night, he woke at 4am from a bad dream. He could not fall back asleep, so about 20min later, I gave him another 0.5mg. That would have been around 4:20. He started waking up at 7:40 this morning, on his own. I opened the blinds and he woke up and got out of bed.

[peglem]

LOL! Well, I don't know why he's so exhausted. It's 1:30 here and he's still really tired and doesn't want to keep his eyes open. I did realize that I gave him cold meds last night for his stuffy nose and cough and maybe the melatonin combined with the meds did something but I've done this before and never had this reaction. I'm really worried that I over did it and I feel really bad for him. He can't do schoolwork, he looks so miserable, and I don't want to let him take a nap because I don't want him having trouble getting to bed tonight.

Its possible the stuffy nose and cough have more to do with it than medicine you gave him last night.

[ilovedogs]

The only thing I can think of is that he took the cold medicine last night, as well, and maybe he's suffering from some sort of synergistic affect? He also is sick and doesn't have a fever but he had a busy day yesterday and maybe he's also tired from the day before? I called his naturopath and told them that I gave him the cold meds and the melatonin and he said it can take up to 24 hrs for it to leave his system, so I guess we're in a wait and see pattern right now. On a good note, he is eating and drinking just fine and I did get him to go for a walk and will have him go outside later today, too.